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synth's review
1.0
The thought process behind this coming is utterly simplistic, and extremely, albeit casually, 1. racist and 2. sexist and 3. queerphobic. This is all never exactly flagrant, but only symptomatic of the lack of diversity in the writing team.
1. I do not believe one second that a black woman would be that excited about a white feminism book written by a rich privileged head of a multinational organization bent on world domination, nor that a young poor black genius would be oblivious of his own anger at the system created to oppress him, and the condescending paternalistic tone of the white rich woman trying to exploit him.
2. Of course, the MC did not learn from her mother, the best "wolf" she's ever known, and has to accept the paternalistic lessons from the white Illuminati man, who then, proceeds to doubt her abilities.
3. The way the villain is written as sleeping with the journalist she's working with feels a tiny bit predatory and very casually homophobic.
1. I do not believe one second that a black woman would be that excited about a white feminism book written by a rich privileged head of a multinational organization bent on world domination, nor that a young poor black genius would be oblivious of his own anger at the system created to oppress him, and the condescending paternalistic tone of the white rich woman trying to exploit him.
2. Of course, the MC did not learn from her mother, the best "wolf" she's ever known, and has to accept the paternalistic lessons from the white Illuminati man, who then, proceeds to doubt her abilities.
3. The way the villain is written as sleeping with the journalist she's working with feels a tiny bit predatory and very casually homophobic.
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